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Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in Vaniyambadi taluk, Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The village hosts the Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO), which was established in the 1970s, and contains the 1-meter (3 ft 3 in) Carl Zeiss Telescope, and the 2.3-meter (7 ft 7 in) Vainu Bappu telescope.
The Kavalur Observatory is located in a 40-hectare forest land in Tamil Nadu which is strewn with a variety of greenery of tropical region besides a number of medicinal plants with an occasional appearance of some wildlife like deer, snakes and scorpions.
The Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO) is located in the picturesque neighbourhood of the village of Kavalur in the Javadi Hills, in the state of Tamil Nadu. Established in the 1960s, VBO hosts the 40-inch Carl Zeiss Telescope, the 1.3m J.C. Bhattacharya Telescope (JCBT) and the 90-inch Vainu Bappu Telescope (VBT).
Dec 16, 2022 · Amidst this forested vegetation, near the neighborhoods of the village known as Kavalur and at an altitude of around 750 m (longitude 78° 49.6’ E; latitude 12° 34.6’ N) is located the Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO) – one of the most important and active astronomical observatories in India and also in Asia.
Vainnu Bappu Observatory (VBO) is located at Kavalur, near Yelagiri, in the state of Tamil Nadu. This observatory was established in the 1970s, at Kavalur, by M.K. Vainnu Bappu, the former director of the Kodaikanal observatory.
The Kavalur Observatory is located in a 40-hectare forest land in Tamil Nadu which is strewn with a variety of greenery of tropical region besides a number of medicinal plants with an occasional appearance of some wildlife like deer, snakes and scorpions.
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Aug 2, 2024 · The Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO), located in the serene hills of Kavalur in Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the premier astronomical research institutes in the country.
